FHA Seeks Volunteer Secretary

The FHA Executive Committee is putting together a slate of nominees for President, Vice President and Secretary. These officers will serve for two years. Current FHA secretary Linda Futrell is moving to Treasurer, replacing now–landlubber Tracy Corbin. Linda estimates that secretarial duties take about five...

MLK Day in Marin City This Sunday

Marin City will celebrate Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day this Monday, January 16. The theme of the 24th annual celebration is ‘Blessed Community in Action’. Activities will kick off with a table talk symposium from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Senior Center...

COVID Test Expiration Dates Extended

The expiration or “use by” dates for at-home QuickVue COVID tests provided by Marin County Public Health have been extended four months. For example, those with expiration dates in February now expire in June. To confirm expiration dates of any tests you have on hand,...

FHA Annual Meeting Feb 25 in Victorian Mansion

The Floating Homes Association’s first in–person annual membership meeting in three years will be held in Sausalito on Saturday evening, February 25 at the Victorian mansion known as The Pines. The meeting, followed by hors d’oeuvres and drinks, will begin at 5:30 p.m. We are...

Juanita the Nurturer

Juanita Musson was the colorful, no–nonsense proprietor of Juanita’s Galley on the Sausalito waterfront in the early 1960s. “By her own account, Juanita Musson has opened and closed 11 restaurants since the 1950s,” wrote S.F. Chronicle critic Grace Ann Walden in 2002. “The first was...

Literary Laurels for Locals

This fall, Georgia students participated in the annual Reading Bowl challenge, which invites students statewide to read all the Georgia Children’s Book Award Finalists. I was lucky to zoom into Media Specialist Abby Shapiro’s library to meet her reading club members and talk to them...